50 Facts About Danielle Moonstar

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Danielle Moonstar first appeared in the graphic novel The New Mutants, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod.

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Danielle Moonstar later developed a wide range of psionic and energy manipulation powers.

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3.

Danielle Moonstar developed some magical abilities after a series of adventures in Asgard.

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4.

Danielle Moonstar was a member of the X-Men's 1980s junior team the New Mutants and, after a long absence, its reincarnation X-Force.

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5.

Danielle Moonstar was a member of the X-Men, Young X-Men and Fearless Defenders.

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6.

Danielle Moonstar regained her powers after being infected with, then cured of Warlock's transmode virus by Dark Beast.

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7.

Danielle Moonstar regained her Valkyrie powers after making a deal with Hela.

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8.

Danielle Moonstar appeared for a portion of the initial run of X-Force, first as an infiltrator to the Mutant Liberation Front and later as a regular X-Force team member.

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9.

Danielle Moonstar was briefly a supporting character in Avengers: The Initiative and can be seen sporadically as a background character in The Uncanny X-Men and related X-Men titles.

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10.

Danielle Moonstar appears as a regular team member in the all-female 2013 series The Fearless Defenders.

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11.

Danielle Moonstar is a teenage Native American, and was born in Boulder, Colorado.

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12.

Danielle Moonstar had already contacted Professor X to take care of Dani.

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13.

Xavier, who had been a close friend of Danielle Moonstar's father, offers to teach Dani control over her powers.

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14.

Danielle Moonstar joins his group of students called the New Mutants, and shortly afterwards becomes the co-leader of the group, together with Cannonball.

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15.

Danielle Moonstar frees the animal and names it Brightwind, not realizing the creature's nature.

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16.

Danielle Moonstar was a diabetic and when he fails to take his medicine, he crashes and dies.

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17.

Danielle Moonstar gets worse and worse headaches, which causes concern with the team but all this is interrupted by many things, including X-Factor being drawn away in battle.

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18.

Danielle Moonstar seemingly loses her winged horse Brightwind in the battle, which concludes in Odin's very bedroom.

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19.

Danielle Moonstar ultimately persuades him to leave her to her own devices by promising to eventually return to her tribe.

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20.

Danielle Moonstar's assignment brings her into many conflicts with old allies, mostly X-Force, but Excalibur and Moira MacTaggert.

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21.

Danielle Moonstar helps Wolfsbane deal with the traumatic return of her lycanthropic powers, but an ill-thought romantic liaison between Wolfsbane and Elixir drives a deep wedge between the two women.

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22.

Danielle Moonstar still retains some of her Valkyrie abilities, namely the ability to sense the dead, but they are not as strong as they once were.

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23.

Danielle Moonstar is one of the many who lose their powers, and is fired by Emma Frost who feels that as a human, she is no longer safe nor has any right to remain at the school.

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24.

Danielle Moonstar is the person brought in to train Trauma in the use of powers, which like hers, are fear based.

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25.

Danielle Moonstar later becomes a member of the latest incarnation of the Hellfire Club brought together by Sunspot.

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26.

Danielle Moonstar persuades an apprehensive Anole to join the Young X-Men and move to San Francisco.

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27.

Danielle Moonstar was present at the recent resurrection of one of the founding O5 X-Men, Jean Grey as she was resurrected by her link to the Phoenix Force in her old home of Annandale on Hudson.

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28.

Danielle Moonstar was little more than distraught to hear such news but after her friends voiced her reasons, as well as her guilt for what she'd done.

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29.

Danielle Moonstar was angry to find more Techno-Organic Sentinels attacking the Hellfire mansion but offers her aid nonetheless.

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30.

Danielle Moonstar knew they would all be reunited one day, like they hopefully will be with those whom they lost throughout recent hardships.

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31.

Danielle Moonstar explains how when the dark elf king declared war on the Earth, Danielle as an honorary shield maiden, was called to arms by their All-Father to intercept them.

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32.

Danielle Moonstar was aided by Karma, Madrox, Banshee and Hope in dispatching frost giants while Havok and Cyclops dealt with larger hunting parties following close behind.

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33.

Danielle Moonstar decided to pay last rites to her fallen sisters and her brother as their spirits come to urge her to live on.

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34.

Danielle Moonstar's most developed ability allowed her to manifest people's fears or desires as realistic illusions.

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35.

Danielle Moonstar's ability began as manifesting people's worst nightmares, many times in an uncontrollable fashion, against the will of both involved.

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36.

Danielle Moonstar has since gained control through training and maturity.

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37.

Danielle Moonstar has been able to exist peacefully with wild animals.

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38.

Danielle Moonstar had, for a time, the ability to make the telepathic images manifest as psionic energy, becoming tangible entities of solid psionic force.

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39.

Danielle Moonstar often carried around a "dream spear", in order to destroy previous illusions.

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40.

Danielle Moonstar could perceive Death incarnate and even do physical battle with Death itself to stave off mortality for a short time.

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41.

Danielle Moonstar has created an illusory "Cheyenne ghost-staff" drawing upon an image in her own mind and has successfully wielded it as a weapon against Death and the Asgardian death-goddess Hela.

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42.

Danielle Moonstar initially lost these powers due to the fall of Asgard but has since regained them after making a deal with the reborn Hela.

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43.

Danielle Moonstar appears to have gained a substantial degree of superhuman strength from Hela as she was able to knock Ares off his feet.

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44.

Matt Fraction has confirmed that since Danielle Moonstar's restored Valkyrie powers come directly from Hela herself, they are much greater than they were previously, referring to her as a "Valkyrie Plus".

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45.

Danielle Moonstar still owes her services to Hela as a Valkyrie and as such, Brightwind remained with Danielle as a reminder of this pact.

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46.

Danielle Moonstar still possesses her Valkyrie powers, they used to only activate when Hela herself wills them to do so.

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47.

Danielle Moonstar is a skilled equestrian and swimmer, a good marksman with a rifle, and an excellent archer.

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48.

Danielle Moonstar earned the position due to her sadism and ruthlessness.

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49.

Danielle Moonstar finds herself at odds with Xi'an Coy Manh, headmistress of the New Mutant Leadership Institute.

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50.

Danielle Moonstar helps her charges and the runaway mutants from the New Mutant Leadership Institute take down Project Genesis.

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